Conferences

Jno E. Owens Memorial Conference

Thursday April 10 – Friday, April 11

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Topic: Trade Integration in the Americas: Revisiting the Washington Consensus
Location: Meadows Museum

Asian Studies Symposium

Thursday January 31 – Friday, February 1, 2008

Topic: Japan's New Nationalism: How Japan's National Identity is Changing at Home and Abroad (Please click on title for program and papers)
Keynote Speaker: James Steinberg, Dean, LBJ School of Government, UT Austin
Sponsors: The Tower Center at SMU
Location: The Meadows Museum - Dinner, January 31 (Jones Room) Symposium, February 1 (Smith Auditorium)

The Marian Tower International Conference Series

The Marian Goodwin Tower International Conference Series honors the memory of Marian Tower. Like her father, Senator Tower, Marian had a strong passion for international politics, languages, and cultures. The very first conference in the series, "Pathways to Democracy, The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions," was held on April 4 and 5, 1997.